Sarah Palin: Mark Begich making me ‘cheery’

Sarah Palin is thanking her possible Senate race opponent for cheering her up Thursday morning, saying Democratic Sen. Mark Begich’s attacks on her the day before hearten her that he is beatable in the 2014 election.

In a duo of Facebook posts Thursday morning, Palin slammed Begich’s voting record and accused him of playing “the ol’ Washington political game” to distract Alaskans from his positions.

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“Margaret Thatcher used to say, ‘I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.’ So, thank you, Mark Begich, for making me and others exceptionally cheery today!” Palin posted on Facebook under the title, “Really, Mark? Really?”

Also posting an image illustrating Begich’s voting record, Palin said the Alaska Democrat votes with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) 89 percent of the time and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) 91 percent of the time.

“Mark, after looking at your voting record I can see why you are looking for a distraction,” Palin wrote, saying Alaskans deserved change in 2014. “In the meantime, we suppose we’ll see much more playing of the ol’ Washington political game using those inside D.C. reporters each time you have to distract from yet another bad vote for Alaska in the U.S. Senate. It cheers us up and gives us good opportunity to remind Alaskans just how loyal to the Obama agenda you have been.”

On Wednesday, Begich said Palin “quit on Alaska” and questioned whether she was still a resident of the state. Palin said on Tuesday she is considering challenging Begich in 2014.